The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-08-23
ODDLY"
Will Gives His Opinion Rather
SmartIy and for Wonder
lis Perfectly Right.

lew udys dSO. WHICH, suuucuiys Iclt,
rather than saw, that he was looking
hard at me and l looked up and said,
"Well ?"
"But that depends, Dolly" answer
ed will with a half smile, 81 was
just thinking that women hold them
selves so cheaply."
"Cheaply," l said, with a little
pardonable feminine toss of the head
which not a man in the world
can ever hope to emulate, land why
cheaply?"
"Oh, I dunno, but looking care
lessly over the society column of the
BAzoo, l notice rather peculiar cir
cumstance connected with it, or at
least it appears peculiar to me-" said
Will.
Yes" answered inquiringly,
but first explain L thought you never
read the society column and some
where amid the archives of memory [
find a record which says you were
wont to remark that man who could
have the patience to sit down and
read the rot written about the
beautiful and accomplished Mis-
and the-well all the rest of it,
was a regular mollicop and a cad at
that, how is it that you have changed
your mind?
"Oh l hain't changed it," said Will
looking a little warm about the eyes,
81 just casually glanced at the stuff
and my attention was thus attracted
to the circumstance spoke of.
"And what was it?" asked
"You wont coax me to know"
81 wont coax you to know"
"Well then-but there, take the
PAPER yourself and see if you can
find it"
took the paper-I wanted it bad
ly by this time-and looked
it over. / saw where an intelligent
compositor and careless proof reader
made the name of Miss Thomas into
Moses Timpkins and where rumor said
a young lady living on East Broad.
way was thinking of taking unto her.
self husband but that was nothing
peculiar, and then l said laughingly,
"Well, here it is, Mrs. jeremiah Rolf
Bobbett recently issued invita- tons,
etc. and you thought that was pc
culiar, because you had been in the
habit of calling that good easy going
husband of hers Jerry and never
having seen him sign his name any
thing but Jerry r. Bobbett, thought
that was all the name he had. Ahl
my dear, Will that shows how you are
behind the fad"
"But that wasn't the POPULARITY
said Will sententiously, 81 am up to
that fad enough to know that women
can make fools of themselves and also
make their husbands appear ridiculous
in the eyes of their friends and neigh
bors truly, but / do not think that is any
popularity of the sex, eh, Dolly"
"Well then, for goodness sake tell
me what you mean" said curiosity
getting the better ofm and also wish.
ing to parry that last little prod.
81 mean that here's q mans name
in this list of guests invited to a GER
tain swell party, that 1 would consider
fit only to be entertained by the black
girl and not by her unless cast iron
policy had been taken on her
morals. Why Dolly. that man
has openly insulted a decent public
by his amoure and setting these
things aside, he is illiterate and as
coarse as gunny sack. There is
shady side to his history too and all
in all, 1 should consider that 1 was
insulting decent guests to introduce
him In their midst"
"Softly, softly, my WILL" L answer
ed. ''the man has money and in the
eyes of a vain world that is q pass
port and beside that, / have heard it
said that several other men who. are
well received are in the same cate
CORY as the one you mention and that
but never mind, l have even heard
that the President is little off color
In some of the cardinal virtues and If
the master is wrong what can you ex-
pect of the servant?" will is a
good democrat and / am equally as
good republican.
''Pshaw, Dolly: Don't be foolish,
but give me your opinion, that's a
good girl"
"Will, my opinion is-but didn't
1 hear you say q few days ago that
men were all, more or less naughty,
and if 80, why not invite Mr.. -"
/ asked.
81 don't remember saying that all
men are naughty, Dolly, Will, man
like, never does remember, when he is
liable to get caught. but If I did. III